Lao Zhu beat Lan Yu again, then threw Lan Yu's matter aside and didn't take it to heart anymore.

This is not because he is very generous, but he knows that Lan Yu must have a violent temper, but he does not have the courage to rebel yet.

As long as I can live another ten years, I can kill him, so why bother being a bad guy?

Now Lao Zhu is preoccupied with the autumn military exercises. Firstly, he will take a look at the military training results of various vassal kings in the past few years to see if they have the ability to become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. Secondly, he will also declare his military force to overseas vassals so that they dare not underestimate them.

Daming.

As for the third point, it doesn't really come to the fore. It's just to let my grandson and the vassal kings compare with each other to reach a delicate balance.

There was just one thing that made him unhappy, and that was that his grandson seemed to have grown up in Suzhou and Songjiang Prefecture, and had no idea of ​​coming back to participate in military exercises.

This made him very distressed and he wished he could write three letters a day urging him to come back.

However, I felt it would be a shame to lose face and was unwilling to take action.

Just at this time, Lan Yu gave him a tip, saying that he, the emperor, would be invited to his home as a guest, to see his newly built garden, have a meal, drink some wine and so on.

Lao Zhu took the opportunity to agree, thinking of mentioning it to Lan Yu during dinner and asking Lan Yu to write a letter to Nisun and ask him to come back quickly.

Generally speaking, ministers rarely take the initiative to invite the emperor to dinner.

Because the cause and effect here is too great, no one wants to get into trouble.

This was a trick given to him by his counselors. Wang Jian used to do this to the King of Qin, asking for money all day long to repair gardens, build houses, etc.

As long as you let the emperor know that you are greedy for money to build a garden, the emperor will not be suspicious of you.

Lan Yu really believed it and invited experts from Beijing to design the garden for him, and also spent a lot of money to hire people to build it.

As soon as the garden was completed, Lan Yu wrote to Lao Zhu, asking his Majesty to come and visit his garden.

Lan Yu originally just wanted to be polite, but she didn't expect the emperor to be so generous and actually say that she wanted to come to him.

Therefore, in order to entertain His Majesty the Emperor, Lan Yu wrote another letter saying that it would take a few days to prepare.

Lao Zhu thought that he had just finished beating Lan Yu some time ago, and Lan Yu would definitely take the opportunity to show his loyalty to him, so he gave him a few days of grace and gave him a chance to show his loyalty.

However, when the agreed date approached and Lao Zhu took a carriage to visit Lan Yu's mansion, the carriage suddenly stopped before entering the alley of Lan Yu's house. No matter how hard the two tigers drove it, the carriage remained motionless. The horse driving the carriage

He kept scratching his hooves and refused to go into the alley.

Lao Zhu panicked on the spot when he saw this scene. He had experienced this or similar experiences several times in his life. He even wrote these experiences into the "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions" for future generations to learn from.

All movements and stops are temporary changes, which must be carefully reviewed by oneself, and the magician cannot predict them.

And if you are about to go out somewhere, your horse suddenly becomes ill, or your food, clothes, flags, armor and swords change at that time, or your spoons and bowls are lost, your cups and plates are overturned, or you use something contrary to your intention, or there is a strong wind, or thunder comes in the opposite direction, or there are flying birds.

, animals come with strange behavior, this is the retribution of God and the blessing of the country.

If you have gone out, carefully check the left and right, be careful and come back; stop before you go out. However, humans cannot do anything about the celestial phenomena, and the rest are things that humans can do. I am afraid that the traitors will take advantage of this and pretend that nothing is something, and that something is something.

If there is no obstruction in the entry and exit, it should be examined in detail.

If you go without believing, you will be violating heaven and bringing disaster.

When I am facing danger, I have already counted the dangers. All the previous warnings have been verified, so I have to move and stop. I must carefully study the personnel, review the instructions, look up at the way of heaven, and observe the geography. If there is no variation, then use it, so I am safe.

(Excerpt from Huang Ming’s ancestral precepts)

Because of these bizarre experiences, Lao Zhu immediately ordered people to get out when he saw something unusual about the horses.

When Lao Zhu returned to the palace, he immediately ordered the two tigers to lead the royal guards to attack Lan Yu's mansion. In Lan Yu's mansion, they found 200 pairs of armors that had not been transported away, as well as more than 200 soldiers.

Although Erhu had a good relationship with Lan Yu, in the face of such irrefutable evidence, he could not cover up for Lan Yu. He could only secretly let Lan Yu's youngest son Lan Chun go to find the emperor's grandson.

As for whether Lan Yu's family can be saved, it depends on whether Lan Yu's family has such good fortune.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard the news, and immediately ordered Lan Yu's family to be thrown into the Jinyiwei Prison, and he also arrested generals who were related to Lan Yu.

Dozens of generals who followed Lan Yu on the expedition were implicated, and their families were imprisoned.

The civil servants went out collectively and wrote letters to impeach Lan Yu's party for their illegal activities, impeaching almost all the generals of the Ming Dynasty.

Even Tang He, who was in the capital for treatment and recuperation, was impeached on several charges by these civil servants.

Lao Zhu, on the other hand, followed his advice and sent his guards over to "question" no matter who was impeached.

How can Jin Yiwei ask?

Naturally, we need to arrest the person first, so as not to find him if he runs away.

For a time, the whole capital was trembling with panic and people were in panic.

After investigating for several days, Erhu reported to His Majesty the Emperor.

"Your Majesty, I have already investigated clearly. This incident is purely a misunderstanding."

"According to the confessions of the soldiers of Lan Yu Mansion, they are just villagers selected by Lan Yu from various villas to perform military dramas for the emperor."

"Most of the other generals also complained about injustice, saying that they had not contacted Lan Yu for a long time and had no idea about Lan Yu's rebellion!"

Lao Zhu was very dissatisfied with the result and pointed at Erhu's nose and cursed.

"Did you take their money and come here to speak for them?"

Erhu couldn't bear the accusation. Hearing this, he kowtowed with "bang bang" and his forehead bled after a few blows.

Lao Zhu, however, was still angrily jumping to his feet and cursing.

"You heartless bitch, we treat you badly, and you actually come to fool us like those traitorous officials!"

"Now they want to kill us!"

"But you told us that that bitch Lan Yu set up an ambush with more than two hundred soldiers to show us some kind of trick?"

"You are so damn good at making fun of us!"

Erhu was shocked and frightened when he heard this, but more importantly, he felt aggrieved.

He has always treated Lao Zhu with respect like his father, how could he have such a rebellious heart?

Lao Zhu's heart-breaking words were really more painful than stabbing him with a knife.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I would never dare to have such intentions in my humble position!"

"To put it bluntly, the humble brothers have lost their father since they were young. We have always treated you like a father in our hearts. How can we team up with outsiders to harm you..."

"It's just that what I was tortured by in my humble position is indeed true..."

When Lao Zhu heard this, he angrily picked up the inkstone and smashed it at Erhu.

"How dare you say that!"

"Lanyu's murderous intention can even be seen by the horse pulling the cart, and you still dare to speak for him!"

"Come here, drag this bitch out for us and interrogate him strictly to see if he took Lan Yu's unscrupulous money!"

"promise!"

"Pass the message to Jiang Yu!"

Not long after, Jiang Wei came to Qianqing Palace.

When Lao Zhu saw Jiang Wei, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Jiang Wei, you won't let us down, right?"

When Jiang Wei heard this, he thought about what happened just now when the two tigers were dragged out.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured!"

"In this humble position, I must find out all the traitors and traitors to Your Majesty!"

"I would rather kill by mistake than let go!"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he was really happy.

"Okay, okay!"

"As expected of someone we value, I'll leave this matter to you. Make sure you get to the bottom of it for us!"

"promise!"

After Jiang Wei took over the Lan Yu Party case, he made rapid progress. In less than two days, he collected hundreds of pieces of incriminating evidence.

The letters that Lan Yu has exchanged with the generals over the years, as well as the prohibited items that Lan Yu has secretly embezzled over the years.

These things were nothing at all in normal times. Lao Zhu also knew that Lan Yu liked to secretly hide some trophies and so on, so he turned a blind eye to this matter.

However, as the case of Lan Yu's rebellion surfaced, these things became evidence of Lan Yu's rebellion.

Later, Jiang Yuyou interrogated several confessions accusing Lan Yu of treason, as well as treasonous remarks made during the banquet.

Originally, Lan Yu's best friend didn't want to confess, but Jiang Yu was too strong to resist.

For example, when Jiang Wei interrogated Lan Yu's best friend Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi, Wang Bi gritted his teeth and bore the torture without revealing a single word.

However, when Jiang Wei revealed what year and month he and Lan Yu drank with whom and where, and what they said to everyone during the dinner, his psychological defense completely collapsed.

It’s over!

This is His Majesty's plan to rectify Lan Yu and eradicate Lan Yu, a relative of the emperor's grandson!
To be continued...